1 Power to extend Part I of Act to foreign countries giving reciprocal treatment
Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1933 (1933 c 13) | Legislation

Part I Registration of Foreign Judgments

1  Power to extend Part I of Act to foreign countries giving reciprocal treatment

[(1)     If, in the case of any foreign country, Her Majesty is satisfied that, in the event of the benefits conferred by this Part of this Act being extended to, or to any particular class of, judgments given in the courts of that country or in any particular class of those courts, substantial reciprocity of treatment will be assured as regards the enforcement in that country of similar judgments given in similar courts of the United Kingdom, She may by Order in Council direct—

(a)     that this Part of this Act shall extend to that country;

(b)     that such courts of that country as are specified in the Order shall be recognised courts

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